Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Walmart's Total Retail Space Is Larger Than Manhattan

Walmart leads with a total square footage larger than Manhattan. The next closest is McDonald's, with a net footrprint of about 1 and 3/4 Central Parks. The image also shows 7-11, Blockbuster, Subway, KFC, GAP, Burger King, Starbucks, and Wendy's. It's awesome sometimes to ponder the amount physical Earth taken up by cookie-cutter concrete.
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"Awesome" indeed - this is nothing more than raw, unadulterated consumerism and sprawl. Imagine a world in which every town, every city and every community is just the same - wait corporate America is providing that wonderful service to us already. I like the idea of buying goods, services and food from unique places, businesses that are locally owned. I guess that is just looking back at the past - I should get over it.

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